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Magazine articles on physics.
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Technology Research News
August 25, 2004
Hybrid Nanowire Makes Transistor One challenge in making minuscule electronic devices from nanoscale components is wiring the components together. Researchers have found a way to transform sections of semiconducting silicon nanowires into metallic, or conducting, nickel silicide. mark for My Articles 121 similar articles
Technology Research News
August 25, 2004
Nanocrystals Spark Efficient LEDs Researchers have found a way to make highly efficient light-emitting diodes from nanocrystals, or tiny bits of semiconductor. mark for My Articles 53 similar articles
Technology Research News
August 11, 2004
Design eases nano locomotion The lack of turbulence at small scales makes it difficult to travel through liquids. A new design could eventually be used to propel machines whose size is in the molecular realm. mark for My Articles 48 similar articles
Science News
August 7, 2004
Whys Guy A link to clips of a physicist at the University of Illinois demonstrating a wide variety of physical and chemical phenomena on a local morning TV program. mark for My Articles 26 similar articles
Technology Research News
July 28, 2004
Particle chains make quantum wires The method is a step toward building quantum computers, which have the potential to solve certain types of very large problems. mark for My Articles 236 similar articles
BusinessWeek
August 2, 2004
Adam Aston
Charles H. Townes: The Light Fantastic Charles H. Townes patented the laser in 1959 and won a Nobel prize five years later. mark for My Articles 18 similar articles
Technology Research News
July 14, 2004
Eric Smalley
Teleport lifts quantum computing Researchers transported the states of charged atoms and showed that it is possible to do so on demand. The feat boosts the prospects for building quantum computers that employ trapped ions, quantum particles that live long enough to carry out multiple computations. mark for My Articles 183 similar articles
Technology Research News
June 30, 2004
Chip protects single atoms Researchers have found a way to closely control the quantum states, or traits, of single atoms trapped in a microchip. The method is a step toward building devices like miniature atomic clocks that are an order of magnitude more accurate than those that exist today. mark for My Articles 258 similar articles
Science News
June 26, 2004
Ivars Peterson
Dogs Catching Frisbees Dogs navigate to snatch a Frisbee out of the air using a common interception strategy that extends across species and to complex target trajectories. mark for My Articles 46 similar articles
Science News
June 19, 2004
Ivars Peterson
Earth Hole Imagine a slick pebble that drills its own hole as it drops toward Earth's center, then continues onward. Affected only by Earth's gravity and its rotation, what path would the frictionless pebble follow? mark for My Articles 45 similar articles
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